Still on a high from last night's finale. I'll probably watch it another time or two just to drink it all in.
What did you think? My only gripe was no Avon. I don't want to say anything else in case you still haven't seen it.
David Simon: "We're a television drama. Life is anti-drama. On some level, all we are is storytellers. We believe in our stories, we believe they have resonance and meaning. We did it for four years, and in each of the four years, our allegiances were with middle management and with labor, and they always are. The Valcheks and Rawls of the world are the Whitings and Klebanows of the world are the Royces and Clay Davises of the world. That's how we do."
That's On Point: "The final montage said without saying that, no matter the best efforts of man the system forever remains the system. You can't beat City Hall."
Heaven and Here: "Yes, I recognize the irony of Slim Charles leaving that mark on the plot, and not Daniels, who wanted so badly to do so on the right side of the law. WHAT THE FUCK IS IN THAT FILE?!?!!? Exactly, I mean."
More as I come across them.
Slate: "Think about this: HBO, a division of the putatively soulless Time Warner, funded, for several years, a barely watched television series with nonfamous, mostly-African-American actors that confronted two interconnected subjects, the collapse of the American city and the predicament of inner-city black people, that most premium-cable subscribers, and most everyone else, ignore with great equanimity. Astonishing, when you think about it."
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